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Rip Current Statement 128, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 26, 2021Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 26, 2021, 10:40 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2021, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

776 
WHUS42 KTAE 261640
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1140 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021

FLZ114-261745-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0127.000000T0000Z-211227T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1140 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021 /1040 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...



$$

FLZ108-270100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0128.211226T1640Z-211227T0600Z/
South Walton-
1040 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Red flags are flying today at Walton County
  beaches.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 1:52 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.